The petrol blockades may be over - for the time being - but the issue remains. So, how well do you know your oil?

		The Mesopotamians used a black liquid that oozed from the ground for caulking and, when set alight, as a weapon. When?
			150 AD
			500 BC
			3000 BC
			1000 BC
		What does Opec stand for?
			Ongoing Petrol Energy Crisis
			Office of Petrol and Electricity Consumption
			Official Petroleum Energy Consortium
			Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
		The first oil well was drilled in 1859. Where?
			Iraq
			US
			Jordan
			Venezuela
		What is oil made from?
			Prehistoric plants and animals boiled in lava
			The remains of pressurised, microscopic sea creatures
			Nobody knows
			Dinosaur dung
		At the current rate of use, the US Geological Survey estimates that the world's entire supply of oil will last for how many more years?
			40-50
			150-160
			60-70
			100-110
		The world's largest oil refinery, with a production capacity of 769,500 barrels per day, is where?
			Ukraine
			Bahrain
			South Korea
			Libya
		What caused the 1973 oil crisis?
			Terrorists deliberately targeted oil fields, destroying many and so pushing the price up
			The Arab-Israeli war forced the Opec countries into raising the price of oil
			The Opec countries charged more to rescue their economies
			Several simultaneous refinery disasters in the Middle East caused the price of crude oil to soar
		Twenty years of oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon, at the current rate, will supply the US, at its present rate of consumption, for how long?
			Nine months
			12 days
			Two months
			Three weeks
		What did crude oil replace as lamp fuel in the 1860s?
			Methane
			Whale fat
			Alcohol
			Vegetable oil
		The average price of a litre of petrol in the UK is 89.9 pence. What is the average price in the US?
			29p
			11p
			45p
			3p